Helvetica chirurgica acta
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Helvetica chirurgica acta · Mar 1993
[Management of femoral neck fractures at the Liestal canton hospital].
The mode of treatment for femoral neck fractures at the Kantonsspital Liestal depends on age primarily. Patients over 70 years of age are treated with a unipolar endoprosthesis. Screws are being used in cases of medial femoral neck fractures, DHS in cases of lateral fractures. ⋯ Clinically all 13 surviving patients are not compromised by the endoprosthesis after 5 years. We consider the implantation of a unipolar endoprosthesis in patients with femoral neck fractures at age over 70 years the treatment of choice. There is an acceptably low risk for protrusion as a late complication in regard to a reduced life expectancy.